ISWI is also organising an annual event in the Advent season. Professors of the Ilmenau University of Technology choose their favourite fairy tale or Christmas story and read it to students in a relaxed atmosphere in one of the student clubs. There are mulled wine (glühwein), tea and self-made biscuits. During the reading we collect donations for social projects.

The next Profs are reading Christmas stories will be on Thursday, 10th December, at 7 pm at the bc-studentencafé (open doors at 6.30 pm). 

The following profs are reading:

• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Wimmer
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Albert Heuberger
• Prof. Dr.-Ing Ulf Kletzin

We are collecting donations for a health care project of Prof. Dr. Orlando Guntinas-Lichius in Ethiopia. He is a physician from the university hospital in Jena.

Also in 2008 our Profs read Christmas stories. The reading took place on the evening of December 4.

The profs, who read, were:

• Prof. Peter Scharff, Rector of the Ilmenau University of Technology and head in the field of Chemistry
• Prof. Gerhard Gobsch, head in the field of Experimental Physics
• "Special Guest": Dipl.-Math.Günter Springer, head of the university's computer centre

The collected donations were given to the Kinderhilfe Afghanistan (German Aid for Afghan Children).

In 2007, the Christmas reading took place on December 12 in the bi-Club.

Participants were

• Prof. Dietzfelbinger,
• Prof. Fechner and
• Prof. Witte

who read Christmas tales as well as other funny stories.

We collected donations for the Amani Centre for children with Mental Disabilities.